The philosophy of non-dualism is a fundamental concept in the Upanishads, the ancient texts of Hinduism that make up the Vedanta philosophy’s theory referred to as ‘Advait (not two)Vedanta (end of knowledge)’. According to Advait Vedanta, Brahman is the single authentic non-dual reality of all that exists, which unites the entire cosmos in unity and continuity. It is that universal force or power, which Quantum physics refers to as energy. Para Brahman is the highest creative energy principle we refer to as God. It is spaceless, timeless, limitless and eternal. Despite being the foundation of all one can experience, we cannot see it, which science today corroborates as formless energy waves.

Brahman and energy imply growth or expansion and are omnipotent and omnipresent. It refers to the highest cosmic principle and is also called absolute reality. Brahman appears to reflect what many religious traditions think of God when viewed as an all-pervading, complete presence. Nirguna Brahman is that supreme universal principle called “Parabrahman”, contributing to sat-chit-anand (existence in pure consciousness is bliss). It is short of any tangible attributes. Alternatively, Saguna Brahman, with various attributes, is tangible in many interchangeable forms under the heads – alternative, renewable and fossil fuel forms of energy.

I repeat, non-duality is the idea that the same ultimate unchangeable reality manifests and materializes in various forms, within which apparent or temporary forms in interchangeable matter and consciousness appear and disappear back into its fold. Although Brahman has no diversity, there are diversities in how matter and consciousness take different forms. To illustrate, a peacock’s egg contains a white colourless liquid, but all the colours of the peacock exude from it while alive, eventually disappearing after death.

According to non-dualism, there is one subject: unchanging reality in unity and continuity; it cannot be divided into two parts. All existential realities are temporal and limited and are not real. Only the boundless is real; all other limits are only ideas. Everything has a complete origin, and everything that has come from that completeness, despite being distinct from one another, is complete. This completeness emerged from that completeness, and the absolute is untouched by taking anything away from this completeness. Even if you take anything away from the infinite, it doesn’t diminish. It remains infinite.

Science focuses on the universe “outside,” Vedanta explores the “subject within” – the person interacting with this universe. The observer and the outside world are the undivided parts of the same non-dual supreme form of energy. Scientists conducted physics experiments using state-of-the-art technology and sophisticated mathematics to comprehend molecules, atoms, and subatomic particles. The classic double-slit investigation confirms that everything “out there” is in a waveform, including electrons, which collapse into particles when viewed.

The observer’s role changed for the first time. French scientist De Broglie explained the “collapse of the wave function” by claiming that every item is a wave before observation and transforms into a particle at that point. It means that when we stare at someone in front of us, they appear to be solid people with physical traits, but as soon as we look away, they transform into a wave! They return to being solid when we turn back to face them. This observation seems odd, but science supports the same. For this discovery, they awarded De Broglie the Nobel Prize in 1929. According to quantum physics, the universe is made up of both waves and particles. How is it both, exactly? What transpires to the wave as it transforms into a particle? Does it enter another dimension? Science still needs to provide a solution. But in Vedanta, this is called “Maya.” – illusions. Beyond the observer, we have within the mind Nirguna Brahman –the non-dual universal energy, the supreme form of energy, which triggers life, making the mind first aware and, after that, conscious to feel, think and perceive through sensory organs.

Space makes up 99.99% of who we are. So, how do we look to be so assertive? The brain creates a virtual world out of the moving electrons and subatomic particles that are a part of the vast cosmos. The tenet of Vedanta is straightforward: everything with a quantum appearance establishes an Existence-Consciousness-Bliss. Vedanta dives more deeply into eternal reality. It continues and puts the pieces together of the quantum physics puzzle. Everything appears in space, time, and energy. However, that infinite space must exist for it to exist. Only when there is consciousness associated with existence does it exist? This is the absolute limit of what the human mind can comprehend. Non-dualism in Advait Vedanta postulates that the manifest of the world has emanated from the Self (aware-er)-body and mind, being the observer is only an illusion (Lila) of Brahmn (energy).